The ICEHOTEL is a testament to human ingenuity and nature’s ever-changing beauty. Each meticulously sculpted room offers a ...

Sweden’s famed Icehotel has opened its doors for winter with 12 temporary art suites promising travellers a cool night’s sleep. The Icehotel 35 opened on Friday (13 December) in celebration of the ...

Looking to escape? Here’s a recent trip local readers took to Japan. Check it out, then find more reader travel inspiration at www.mercurynews.com/tag/wish-you-were ...

While many people book vacations to destinations with warmer climates during the winter months, some travelers prefer to embrace the cold and find wonder in frosty locales. For the latter, you may ...

Empress Anna Ivanovna staging her mock wedding in Valery Jacobi’s “Ice House,” 1878. Oil on canvas, 52.6 × 85 in (image via Wikimedia Commons) The first ice hotel was actually built in St. Petersburg, ...